For many years the name Henrietta Lacks was unknown, but with Rebecca Skloot’s phenomenal and
enduring bestseller The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a growing number of people from medical
researchers to book group members and high school students are eager to learn more about her.
Henrietta's descendants speak candidly and poignantly about the Lacks family’s experiences and the
grandmother and great-grandmother whose cancerous cell tissue has miraculously become, since her death
in 1951, one of the most important medical research tools ever discovered. The Lacks’s thoughtful and
personal connection to the bestselling book emphasizes how proud they are of Henrietta’s contribution
to science. Family members have spoken to audiences at libraries, universities, colleges, secondary
schools, and various professional associations. They have presented to the National Congress of
Black Women, The Morehouse School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, the Virginia General Assembly,
The University of Maryland Medical Center, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, Novartis Pharmaceutical,
and many other organizations.

If you are interested in bringing the Lacks family to speak, please contact
Lyceum Agency

The
Lacks Family will speak at MainStage, ’62 Center
for Theatre and Dance, 1000 Main Street,
on Wednesday,
February 11, 2015 at 8:00
PM. For more information, please go to
https://events.williams.edu/

Wednesday, April 15,
2015

Rolla, MO

7:00 PM

Missouri
University of Science & Tech

The
Lacks Family will speak at Leach Theatre, 103
Castleman Hall, 400 W. 10th St.,on
Wednesday,
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 7:00
PM. For more information, please go to
http://leachtheatre.mst.edu/